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sliver

DEFINITIONS OF: sliver

1

n a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal

“it broke into slivers”
Synonyms:
splinter
Type of:
bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole

n a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something

Synonyms:
paring, shaving
Types:
splint
a thin sliver of wood
turning
a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe
Type of:
fragment
a piece broken off or cut off of something else

v divide into slivers or splinters

Synonyms:
splinter
Type of:
carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up
separate into parts or portions

v break up into splinters or slivers

Synonyms:
splinter
Type of:
break up, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
break or cause to break into pieces

v form into slivers

“sliver wood”
Type of:
form, shape
give shape or form to
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